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Subject: 2017 Online MA/PDP Enrollment Links Dear Valued Medicare Producer, For the Regence Medicare Advantage online enrollments, agents will have a separate Personal URL link (PURL) to use for the 2017 plans. This gives agents the control to send their…

PHI is health information that contains one or more of the following identifiers: a. Names of individuals and relatives b. Postal addresses c. All elements of dates, like birthdates d. Telephone and fax numbers e. E-mail addresses f. Social Security and Medicare numbers g. Medical Record numbers…

This glossary is for Medicare agents (or Medicare beneficiaries) who want to understand the jargon being tossed around by people in the Medicare system: government bodies, government employees, insurance companies, online-call-and-enrollment centers, advocacy groups, insurance agents, and advisers. The glossary…

Part D plans must cover at least the Part D standard benefit or its actuarial equivalent. For 2017, the standard benefit requires the beneficiary to pay the following share of total coverage: $400 deductible 25% of prescription drug costs between $400 and…

Here are the categories of dual eligible beneficiaries and out-of-pocket costs that are paid by Medicaid: QMB (only) (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary) – Medicare Part A and Part B premiums; cost sharing for Part A & Part B benefits. QMB Plus –…

by Precise Leads August 2, 2016 Last week, prosecutors revealed that federal authorities have broken up the largest Medicare scam in U.S. history, in which the three defendants stole more than $1 billion over 14 years. Three Florida residents have been…